circumscribe

[US]/ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb/
[UK]/ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. piirtää viivan ympärille määrittääkseen rajan; rajoittaa tai rajoittaa.
Word Forms
Past Participlecircumscribed
Third Person Singularcircumscribes
Pluralcircumscribes
Present Participlecircumscribing
Past Tensecircumscribed

Example Sentences

to circumscribe a square

piirtää neliön ympäri

circumscribe a circle around a square.

piirrä ympyrä neliön ympärille.

circumscribe a city on a map

piirtää kaupunki kartalle

Their life was extremely circumscribed, with long hours of study and few of play.

Heidän elämänsä oli äärimmäisen rajallista, pitkien opiskelutuntien ja vähäisten leikkimisten vuoksi.

His activities have been severely circumscribed since his illness.

Hänen toimintansa ovat olleet vakavasti rajallisia hänen sairautensa jälkeen.

The data processing method for evaluation the circularity error with minimum circumscribed circle and maximum incircle was introduced.

Esiteltiin tiedonkäsittelymenetelmä pyöreän muodon virheen arvioimiseksi pienimmällä ympäristöllä ja suurimmalla sisäpiirillä.

When follicular mucinosis occurs in lesions of mycosis fungoides, affected areas on the scalp or beard may present with sharply circumscribed plaques of alopecia.

Kun follikulaarinen limanäkyvyys esiintyy mycosis fungoidosin leesioissa, vaurioituneet alueet päässä tai parrassa voivat esiintyä terävästi rajattuina alopecian laikkina.

Real-world Examples

Lawmakers paid their respects in a ceremony circumscribed by COVID protocols.

Source: PBS English News

In the country, changes were slow, interests circumscribed, and memories long.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

It was a new country to him and the change from the monotony of the circumscribed view in the jungle was pleasing.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

Unlike Europeans, whose lives have long been circumscribed by meddling governments and diktats from Brussels, Americans are supposed to be free to choose, for better or for worse.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

They circumscribed two men, having at present the aspect of silhouettes, sitting in a dog-cart and pushing along in the teeth of the wind.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

When the other travellers closed their eyes, which they did one by one-even the kitten curling itself up in the basket, weary of its too circumscribed play-the boy remained just as before.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

" But the boy—he is fifteen, I understand, and probably very developed in mind, since his body has been circumscribed in action. Did he give you no explanation of these assaults" ?

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Volume 1)

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